Executive branch:
chief of state:
President Milan KUCAN (since 22 April 1990)
head of government:
Prime Minister Janez DRNOVSEK (since 14 May 1992)
cabinet:
Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the
National Assembly
elections:
president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; election last held
24 November 1997 (next to be held NA 2002); following National Assembly
elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority
coalition is usually nominated to become prime minister by the president
and elected by the National Assembly; election last held 10 November 1996
(next to be held NA November 2000)
election results:
Milan KUCAN elected president; percent of voteMilan KUCAN 56.3%, Janez
PODOBNIK 18%; Janez DRNOVSEK elected prime minister; percent of National
Assembly vote51%

Legislative branch:
unicameral National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats, 40 are directly
elected and 50 are selected on a proportional basis; notethe numbers of
directly elected and proportionally elected seats varies with each
election; members are elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)
elections:
National Assemblylast held 10 November 1996 (next to be held Fall 2000)
election results:
percent of vote by partyLDS 27.01%, SLS 19.38%, SDS 16.13%, SKD 9.62%,
ZLDS 9.03%, DeSUS 4.32%, SNS 3.22%; seats by partyLDS 25, SLS 19, SDS
16, SKD 10, ZLSD 9, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority
1; noteseating as of January 1997 is as follows: LDS 25, SLS 19, SDS 16,
SKD 9, ZLSD 9, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Hungarian minority 1, Italian minority 1,
independents 1
note:
the National Council or Drzavni Svet is an advisory body with limited
legislative powers; it may propose laws and ask to review any National
Assembly decisions; in the election of NA November 1997, 40 members were
elected to represent local, professional, and socioeconomic interests (next
election to be held in the fall of 2002)

Judicial branch:
Supreme Court, judges are elected by the National Assembly on the
recommendation of the Judicial Council; Constitutional Court, judges
elected for nine-year terms by the National Assembly and nominated by the
president

Flag description:
three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red with the
Slovenian seal (a shield with the image of Triglav, Slovenia's highest
peak, in white against a blue background at the center, beneath it are two
wavy blue lines depicting seas and rivers, and above it, there are three
six-sided stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the
coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of
the late 14th and early 15th centuries); the seal is located in the upper
hoist side of the flag centered in the white and blue bands